This week's theme is a bit tricky because we are looking for our inspiration in books. Not necessarily in our favourite books, but I did choose to depict motifs from one of my favourite author's body of work, which isn't easy at all because he is Howard Phillips Lovecraft. How do you show something that is presented as indescribable?

Optical nail whiteners are category of products that sound great in theory, but I am more for real whiteners, not just optical illusions. But since these products have their place in manicure world, I believe it is time to show you one of only few such polishes available in Serbia - Trind Nail Brightener

When I was choosing my birthfay polishes on Hypnotic Polish I managed to snag three Dance Legend Galaxy polishes, along with one limited edition, but it never seemed a good time to wear them. I was recently reminded by Maria that I should address this issue and now I'm starting to do it. Dance Legend Galaxy polishes retail for € 8.5 for 6.5 ml bottle at Hypnotic Polish.

How many black polishes does a girl need? Yours truly seems to need all of them. :D I buy and use them the most, but I mostly use lower-priced brands because it isn't that hard to find a good black polish among drugstore and cheaper brands. This one was in OPI discount bin because it was missing the label at the bottom and that was a chance that I couldn't give a pass.

When I did the Ya Qin An large stamper review I have shown you one of new silicone stamper heads Born Pretty Store has recently offered. My order with two more such refill heads has arrived several days ago so it is my pleasure to do a group review.

Some time ago Just Pretty Nails suggested me Aura Bloody Mary, and I had bought it hoping that it'll be my new perfect maroon polish (my true favourite one, Flormar True Color 013, has been discontinued). You can read if it lived up to my expectations after page break.

It is no secret that I like dusty zombie-y shades of green, which is why I was drawn to OPI Stranger Tides. I was unsure if it will suit me so I bought only a mini bottle. Full size bottle can probably be found on Ebay and similar websites.

For today's post I have prepared a short yet sweet MoYou Nails review. Stamping plate number 62 is one of those plates with small images, in this case seven more or less stylized and very wearable floral vignettes. I have used two of these for each manicure and as you can see they all transfer wonderfully. This stamping plate is currently on sales and you can get it for just £1.99.

I rarely share things from my private life here and I do it only if they are in some way connected to the mani I am showing you. Last week I suffered a terrible blow - I've lost a very dear person, unexpectedly and far too soon. I have some posts scheduled to keep some level of normality in my daily life, but painting my nails is the last thing on my mind and it will certainly stay that way for some time. I do feel well enough to do this weeks' matching manicure, but I'm only doing it because the theme is butterflies and my M. was like a butterfly - delicate, beautiful and always on the move.

My experience with Avon cosmetics boils down to shower gels and silicone drops. In the past two years I have been reading a lot about Avon polishes on blogs, but since I've had a bad experience with one of their nail treatments / base coats I was reluctant to buy any. However, I've had an opportunity to get one in a swap so I took that chance and I am rather pleased with how it performed. Unfortunately, as far as I can see, this line has been discontinued and replaced with Nailwear Pro+ line and there is no Gunmetal shade in that lane and polishes have 10 instead of 12 ml.

This spring at cosmetics expo there were several orange OPIs waving at me from the discount bin and I gave in and brought one of them home with me. He's name is Hot & Spicy and after seeing it in natural light I was a little disappointed with my choice. Instead of muted orange creme, as it looked to me under artificial light, what I ended up with is an orange-leaning coral creme. That is why I had waited this long to try it. You can learn how it performed after page break.

Even though I've been keeping my nails quite short these past several months, from time to time I do let them grow enough for me to do some nail art or stamping that requires longer nails. French manicure is among those cases and stamped French tips are about the only ones I do sometimes wear.

After not so great first go at Vinylux polishes I have been postponing wearing the second shade I have bought, debating whether to try that one or to give Pretty Poison another go, but in the end I have decided to try a new colour. Vinylux polishes and top coat come in 15 ml bottles and they are 3-free.

Even though the summer is in full swing, OPI autumn collection is already available and the black polish in my possession. :D Venice collection consists of fifteen shades (three limited edition colours) and Little Bambinos set of four mini bottles.

Today we are wearing beaded manis. T be honest, I had planned to give this mani a miss, but this morning Destany announced another giveaway with the intention to raise awareness about slavery in 21st century and inspired me to combine the two themes. I have written an article about slavery and human trafficking in Serbia before and I think that the situation is sadly unchanged so some more awareness-raising wouldn't be so bad.

Perhaps you wont believe if I tell you that I haven't bought anything until mid-July, but it is true that my new products have only started to arrive on the 15th. First there was an order from BPS, followed by another BPS package, this time with items for review. I have ordered one of older larger stamping plates (BP-L004) and bun pins and for reviews I've picked two large stamping plates (BP-L024 i BP-L025), large dual sided stamper that you can read more about here and one large stamping pad. I have ordered a smaller and rectangular versions of that pad so that I could swap my old hard rubber stamping pads and make those stampers usable. At the beginning of the month I was delighted to learn that I was drawn as a winner of Lynnderella weekly giveaway. Two weeks later an envelope with Jammy Is My Jam and Ruby Passion (you could see the latter one in glitter sandwich mani) finally reached me. In the end, I managed to snag OPI The "It" Color, a green LE Catrice and my first Avon polish. We'll see if it will remain my only Avon polish. :)